About Cadre
Since 1995, Cadre has built some of Colorado’s most coveted custom homes, ranging from $1MM to $70MM. We partner with the industry’s best architects, designers, and craftspeople, and we hold ourselves to the highest level of professionalism, integrity, and honesty.
The Role
The Project Manager owns the contract, the budget, the master schedule, and the client relationship for assigned projects, in partnership with the Superintendent, who owns the field. You lead each project from preconstruction through financial closeout and act as the lead communication link between owners, architects, and field operations. The Superintendent builds the project. You manage its scope, cost, contracts, documents, and client decisions.
Your Responsibilities
Leadership and Client Relationships
- Act as the primary contact for ownership communications, and manage client expectations on timelines, costs, and decisions.
- Live Cadre’s core values, Respect and Accountability, in every relationship with clients, architects, engineers, consultants, and trade partners.
- Build and maintain relationships with government agencies and the community.
- Lead, coach, and evaluate the office project team.
- Hold subcontractors and vendors accountable to contract terms and scope, and review their performance with the Superintendent.
- Work with the project management team to speed up our builds without cutting corners.
- Represent Cadre and our clients professionally at all times.
Preconstruction
- Join preconstruction meetings to review plans, reports, and specifications, define scope, and lead design tweaks and value engineering decisions with the client and design team.
- Build the subcontractor directory, level bids, and recommend subcontract awards.
- Prepare the initial cost report and budget structure, with cost codes that are simple to identify and track.
- Build the master schedule, including milestones, procurement and lead times, and selection deadlines.
- Review the full plan set for scope completeness and contract conformance, then review it with the Superintendent for constructability and logistics.
Contracts, Scope, and Change Orders
- Write subcontract work orders using the Statement of Work. The Superintendent reviews them before execution.
- Negotiate and issue subcontracts, work orders, and major purchase orders, and monitor their progress.
- Maintain a complete understanding of the contract scope, the budget, and each subcontractor’s scope and bid. Negotiate favorable outcomes when scope discrepancies appear.
- Negotiate, prepare, issue, and execute change orders, confirm client approval in writing before work is authorized, and revise the budget.
- Collect and verify subcontract documents, insurance certificates, and licensing before issuing work orders, and clear each subcontractor for site access with the Superintendent.
Schedule and Procurement
- Own the master schedule of record in Smartsheet: milestones, procurement, selection deadlines, and client and design decisions. The Superintendent owns the field execution schedule, and you keep the two aligned.
- Forecast the schedule with high accuracy, and update it when the field reports changes.
- Give clients and design partners advance notice of selection deadlines and other time-sensitive decisions.
- Issue and track purchase orders for materials and long-lead items, and manage submittals and approvals.
Budget and Financial Management
- Manage the project’s financial health through monthly cost projections, cost-to-complete forecasting, client billings and pay applications, invoice review and approval, cost code allocation, retainage, and lien waivers.
- Flag budget risk early to the Director of Time & Money.
- Maintain historical project data to support future projections and budgeting.
Contract, Risk, and Compliance
- Hold responsibility for conformance of the contract documents, approved scope, and approved changes for the duration of the project.
- Manage insurance, risk, and claims documentation, and escalate issues early.
- Support the Superintendent’s safety program and quality control. The Superintendent leads site safety and field QA/QC.
Documentation and Administration
- Generate RFIs from Cadre or subcontractors, and review submittals with a focus on architectural details. When details are insufficient, create or draft them in CAD or SketchUp.
- Maintain project records in Smartsheet: contracts, work orders, bids, prime contracts, budgets, change events, RFI and submittal logs, specifications, shop drawings, ASIs, and meeting minutes. The Superintendent maintains field records such as daily logs, photos, observations, and punch lists, and provides as-builts for you to upload and maintain.
- Provide clean, accurate documentation and archives throughout the project.
- Log time in BambooHR.
- Visit job sites multiple times a week to walk the work with the Superintendent.
- Lead and document weekly OAC meetings. Attend project staff and company meetings, including our monthly Town Hall.
Closeout
- Lead financial and contractual closeout: final billing, final change orders, lien waivers, retainage release, and cost reconciliation.
- Provide the warranties, certificates, and final contract documents for the closeout package the Superintendent assembles and presents.
- Join the post-project review and compare final costs to the estimate, so what we learn feeds future budgets.
Growth and Systems
- Adopt all Cadre tools, systems, and processes as designed, and suggest improvements as Cadre continues to build out its internal systems.
- Attend company and industry events, trainings, and workshops, and seek out learning that builds your career.
What We Need From You
Experience and Education
- 5+ years of construction project management experience at a general contractor, with ownership of budgets and contracts.
- Experience managing projects over $5MM. Experience with cost-plus contracts and AIA contract documents is preferred.
- Working knowledge of construction means, methods, and sequencing, enough to evaluate scope, bids, and schedules. Field trade experience is not required.
- Experience with high-end residential projects is preferred.
- Degree in Construction Science, Construction Management, or a business-related field is preferred.
Skills
- Strong negotiation skills for subcontracts, change orders, and scope discrepancies.
- Strong cost control skills, including budget forecasting, job costing, billing, and cost-to-complete reporting.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with exceptional attention to detail.
- Comfort mapping out projects in detail, with sound judgment and discretion.
- Proficiency in Smartsheet or comparable project management tools, Bluebeam, and Microsoft Office. CAD or SketchUp for reviewing and sketching details is preferred.
- Strong written and verbal communication, including contract and document review.
- Ability to speak both English and Spanish is a plus.
Other Requirements
- Authorization to work in the United States.
- Must pass a background check.
- Valid driver’s license and reliable transportation.
- Discretion and respect for client privacy.
Compensation and Benefits
- Salary range: $80,000 - $110,000
- Health, dental, and vision insurance, with Cadre covering 80% of the employee premium for the base health plan
- Company-paid short-term disability insurance
- Employee Assistance Program (mental health, financial, and legal consultation)
- Paid time off and 6 paid holidays
- Matching Simple IRA and bonus program
- Professional development opportunities
Cadre General Contractors, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this role. This job description does not list every duty, and responsibilities may change as business needs require.
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